The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . n of the Abbot and Convent of Prtinonftrate?:-fes of Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland,to Robert, Bifhop of London; fetting forth, That,by their Monafterys Handing upon the Frontiersof Scotland, their Revenues, by the frequent In-curfions and Depredations of the Scots, were notonly very much diminifhed, but their Conventlikewife burnt, and they not in a Condition torebuild the fame, nor keep the Hofpitality theyought: Wherefore the Bifhop, on the 30th of Otlober, ibi<LAnno 1386, by the Affentof the Dean and
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . n of the Abbot and Convent of Prtinonftrate?:-fes of Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland,to Robert, Bifhop of London; fetting forth, That,by their Monafterys Handing upon the Frontiersof Scotland, their Revenues, by the frequent In-curfions and Depredations of the Scots, were notonly very much diminifhed, but their Conventlikewife burnt, and they not in a Condition torebuild the fame, nor keep the Hofpitality theyought: Wherefore the Bifhop, on the 30th of Otlober, ibi<LAnno 1386, by the Affentof the Dean and Chapterof St. Pauls, did appropriate this Rectory to theAbbot and Canons of that Convent, with a Powerto fupply the Cure with one of their own Canons,or other Secular Fried, removable at their it was, my Author fuppofes, that there wasneither Redlor nor Vicar inftituted to this Churchfor upwards of Seventy Years. But in the Year 1437, a Perpetual Vicar beinginftituted thereto, the Patronage continued in thefaid Abbot and Convent till their Suppreflion; when. Book III. The HISTORY of LONDON. 1095 Ibid. Par Ibid. Don. Rcgift. when coming to the Crown, it continued thereintill the Year 1554, when Edward the Sixth grant-ed the fame to the Lord Dudley, where it conti-nued not long ; for both the Rectory and Ad-vowfon of the Vicarage were granted to Sir RichardSackville, in whofe Family it continued till alie-nated to George Rivers, in the Year 1625 ; fincewhich Time they have been in Lay Hands. The Fire of London, Anno 1666, Hopping withinthree Houfes of this Church, it luckily efcapedDeftruction ; wherefore it remains in all Refpectsas formerly. The Profits and Diiburfementswhereof, as returned in the Year 1636, were asfollow: Receipts on Account of the Cure. I. s. Tithes — — — 240 4 9tBy Glebe — — — 53 o o By Cafualties — — 100 o o By Sermons — — ?— 568 By a Vicarage Houfe — — 50 o o Dijburfements o
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